A Red Yao woman offers oil tea to guests in Huangluo. All photos by the author.
Rice forms a staple of the Yao diet and is grown on terraced rice paddies.
Oil tea is eaten for breakfast, lunch, and dinner by the Yao people.
Different grains and vegetables can be added to oil tea. Chef Xiying poses with bamboo rice.
Bamboo rice is often eaten with vegetables, tofu, and meat.
Bamboo is a popular ingredient in Yao cuisine. Yao specialties can be also found in night markets across Guangxi province.
Yao believe that mugwort-covered rice cakes have certain healing properties.
The Yao are also famous for their desserts, seen here at a night market in Guilin.